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The holocaust is a tragedy not because 6 million Jews died but because 6 million people died simply for being Jewish. In the same respect neither British nor German civilians deserve to die simply because they are British or German.
The political beliefs of those civilians or whether or not they belong to the side that started the conflict is meaningless 1. because inevitably some of them are going be truly innocent (opposing Hitler, opposing the war, etc...) 2. because the opposing side is guilty of just as much (supporting the punitive aspects of the treaty of versailles, etc...) and 3. because we realize that even if all those German women and children were fervent supporters of Hitler and the holocaust, killing them will achieve only more hatred and animosity and perpetuate the endless cycle of violence.
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